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I am quite new to linux and dont know much on installing the packages,neways when i tryed to install the packages from sytem->administration->add/remove software,it gives me an message saying dependecy resoultion failed? can you please tell me what that means and this is the output when i click on more details of that error message.

What distro are you using? There are several different package management systems. The more we know about your system, the better we can help you.

If it's Arch, I can't help a lot, as I haven't used it, but the general answer would be that you are missing the packages listed under the "Unresolved Dependencies" list. You might try looking for and installing them.

# These packages are untested and still under development. This
# repository is used for development of new releases.
#
# This repository can see significant daily turnover and major
# functionality changes which cause unexpected problems with other
# development packages. Please use these packages if you want to work
# with the Fedora developers by testing these new development packages.
#
# fedora-test-list@redhat.com is available as a discussion forum for
# testing and troubleshooting for development packages in conjunction
# with new test releases.
#
# More information is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Testing
#
# Reproducible and reportable issues should be filed at
# http://bugzilla.redhat.com/.
#
# Product: Fedora
# Version: rawhide

I see you have a whole list of repositories; both Fedora supported and unsupported.

I think the best way to troubleshoot is to try to install one of the misbehaving packages via the command line - thus try yum install XXX - instead of trying to install XXX via the GUI interface - and see what output is is produced.

This should tell you what repo's yum is actually trying to invoke for your dependencies - I notice the majority of your repo's are not enabled.

thnx for the post,but i seriously dont think i can get this thing fixed up!!can you do a remote login into my computer and post back the solution here??

Manish, I seriously don't want to be rude - but are you for real???

No I cannot do this - and I will not do this...this site is not for people to do your work for you - its for you to learn and solve the problem.

Further to this, opening up your computer to some random person on the internet to solve a problem is like walking in front of a bus - you're asking for your system to be compromised and destroyed - if this is in a working environment you can get yourself fired for stunts like this.